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🛠️ Craft Unionism

The history and strategy of trade-based labor organizing, where workers unite around shared skills and the dignity of their particular craft.
The Fall of the House of Labor
by David Montgomery • 1987
Worker knowledge ran the factory floor. Management's fifty-year fight to seize it.
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📚 Labor History⚙️ Scientific Management🏭 Working Class Culture
The Fall of the House of Labor Summary
The Fall of the House of Labor 90%
Worker knowledge ran the factory floor. Management's fifty-year fight to seize it.
by David Montgomery 1987
3.93
147 ratings
📚 Labor History⚙️ Scientific Management🏭 Working Class Culture
The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit
by Nelson Lichtenstein • 1995
The labor leader who could have reshaped American capitalism settled for a cost-of-living clause.
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🏭 Labor History🚗 Auto Industry🌹 Social Democracy
The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit Summary
The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit 89%
The labor leader who could have reshaped American capitalism settled for a cost-of-living clause.
by Nelson Lichtenstein 1995
4.04
96 ratings
🏭 Labor History🚗 Auto Industry🌹 Social Democracy
Chokepoint Capitalism
by Rebecca Giblin • 2022
A few corporations hold the gates between artists and audiences. The plan to pry them open.
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1k+
🧠 Creative Industries💻 Digital Platforms🏢 Corporate Power
Chokepoint Capitalism Summary
Chokepoint Capitalism 88%
A few corporations hold the gates between artists and audiences. The plan to pry them open.
by Rebecca Giblin 2022
4.25
1k+ ratings
🧠 Creative Industries💻 Digital Platforms🏢 Corporate Power
The Making of American Exceptionalism
by Kim Voss • 1993
The Knights of Labor fell to an employer offensive, not infighting, and U.S. unions never recovered.
3.80
10
🏭 Labor History🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism💰 Gilded Age
The Making of American Exceptionalism Summary
The Making of American Exceptionalism 88%
The Knights of Labor fell to an employer offensive, not infighting, and U.S. unions never recovered.
by Kim Voss 1993
3.80
10 ratings
🏭 Labor History🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism💰 Gilded Age
Red State Revolt
by Eric Blanc • 2019
How illegal teacher strikes in red states won, and what it reveals about working-class power.
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454
🍎 Teachers Strikes✊ Union Activism🏭 Labor History
Red State Revolt Summary
Red State Revolt 88%
How illegal teacher strikes in red states won, and what it reveals about working-class power.
by Eric Blanc 2019
4.18
454 ratings
🍎 Teachers Strikes✊ Union Activism🏭 Labor History
State of the Union
by Nelson Lichtenstein • 2002
Why American law expanded individual rights while dismantling the collective power of labor.
3.75
170
🏭 Labor History🇺🇸 American Labor Movement📜 New Deal Era
State of the Union Summary
State of the Union 88%
Why American law expanded individual rights while dismantling the collective power of labor.
by Nelson Lichtenstein 2002
3.75
170 ratings
🏭 Labor History🇺🇸 American Labor Movement📜 New Deal Era
Hell to Pay
by Michael Lind • 2023
Stagnant wages aren't fate. They were engineered by a decades-long campaign to crush worker power.
3.93
80
🧑‍🔧 Labor Economics🏛️ Political Economy💸 Wage Inequality
Hell to Pay Summary
Hell to Pay 88%
Stagnant wages aren't fate. They were engineered by a decades-long campaign to crush worker power.
by Michael Lind 2023
3.93
80 ratings
🧑‍🔧 Labor Economics🏛️ Political Economy💸 Wage Inequality
Black Folk
by Blair L.M. Kelley • 2023
Forged in slavery, the Black working class built power through community, not just wages.
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417
🔨 American Labor History💰 Black Economic History🏭 Working Class Studies
Black Folk Summary
Black Folk 88%
Forged in slavery, the Black working class built power through community, not just wages.
by Blair L.M. Kelley 2023
4.49
417 ratings
🔨 American Labor History💰 Black Economic History🏭 Working Class Studies
America's Social Arsonist
by Gabriel Thompson • 2016
The overlooked mentor who taught Cesar Chavez that power begins with a house meeting.
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🧱 Grassroots Organizing🛠️ Labor Organizing🍇 Farmworker Movement
America's Social Arsonist Summary
America's Social Arsonist 88%
The overlooked mentor who taught Cesar Chavez that power begins with a house meeting.
by Gabriel Thompson 2016
4.54
50 ratings
🧱 Grassroots Organizing🛠️ Labor Organizing🍇 Farmworker Movement
Law and the Shaping of the American Labor Movement
by William E. Forbath • 1989
American labor's early radicalism was crushed by a judge-made weapon, not conservative workers.
3.93
46
🏛️ Legal History⚖️ American Labor Law🎩 Gilded Age America
Law and the Shaping of the American Labor Movement Summary
Law and the Shaping of the American Labor Movement 88%
American labor's early radicalism was crushed by a judge-made weapon, not conservative workers.
by William E. Forbath 1989
3.93
46 ratings
🏛️ Legal History⚖️ American Labor Law🎩 Gilded Age America
Why David Sometimes Wins
by Marshall Ganz • 2008
No money, no power. The farm workers still beat the Teamsters. What they had was better.
3.99
177
✊ Labor Movements♟️ Movement Strategy🧠 Organizational Learning
Why David Sometimes Wins Summary
Why David Sometimes Wins 88%
No money, no power. The farm workers still beat the Teamsters. What they had was better.
by Marshall Ganz 2008
3.99
177 ratings
✊ Labor Movements♟️ Movement Strategy🧠 Organizational Learning
Shop Class as Soulcraft
by Matthew B. Crawford • 2009
White-collar work dulls the mind. The intellectual case for picking up a wrench instead.
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11k+
🔨 Craftsmanship🧑‍💻 Knowledge Work🧠 Tacit Knowledge
Shop Class as Soulcraft Summary
Shop Class as Soulcraft 87%
White-collar work dulls the mind. The intellectual case for picking up a wrench instead.
by Matthew B. Crawford 2009
3.74
11k+ ratings
🔨 Craftsmanship🧑‍💻 Knowledge Work🧠 Tacit Knowledge
Private Government
by Elizabeth S. Anderson • 2017
The workplace is an authoritarian state that most economic thought pretends does not exist.
3.94
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🏛️ Workplace Authority🗳️ Workplace Democracy🗽 Republican Freedom
Private Government Summary
Private Government 87%
The workplace is an authoritarian state that most economic thought pretends does not exist.
by Elizabeth S. Anderson 2017
3.94
856 ratings
🏛️ Workplace Authority🗳️ Workplace Democracy🗽 Republican Freedom
Democracy at Work
by Richard D. Wolff • 2012
Capitalism's crises are by design. The only fix: workers run the company.
3.95
2k+
🗳️ Workplace Democracy🏛️ Economic Democracy🌱 Post-Capitalism
Democracy at Work Summary
Democracy at Work 87%
Capitalism's crises are by design. The only fix: workers run the company.
by Richard D. Wolff 2012
3.95
2k+ ratings
🗳️ Workplace Democracy🏛️ Economic Democracy🌱 Post-Capitalism
Making It in America
by Rachel Slade • 2024
Sixty thousand American factories shuttered since NAFTA. One couple bet everything to open just one.
3.63
323
🏭 American Manufacturing📉 Manufacturing Decline📜 Trade Policy
Making It in America Summary
Making It in America 87%
Sixty thousand American factories shuttered since NAFTA. One couple bet everything to open just one.
by Rachel Slade 2024
3.63
323 ratings
🏭 American Manufacturing📉 Manufacturing Decline📜 Trade Policy
Work Won't Love You Back
by Sarah Jaffe • 2021
From unpaid interns to burned-out coders, one ideology fuels it all: devotion to the job.
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5k+
✊ Labor Organizing🧡 Passion Economy🎭 Emotional Labor
Work Won't Love You Back Summary
Work Won't Love You Back 87%
From unpaid interns to burned-out coders, one ideology fuels it all: devotion to the job.
by Sarah Jaffe 2021
3.94
5k+ ratings
✊ Labor Organizing🧡 Passion Economy🎭 Emotional Labor
The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson • 1963
Not steam but struggle: how riots, chapels, and radical printers built the English working class.
4.21
4k+
📜 Social History🛠️ Labor History⚔️ Class Struggle
The Making of the English Working Class Summary
The Making of the English Working Class 87%
Not steam but struggle: how riots, chapels, and radical printers built the English working class.
by E.P. Thompson 1963
4.21
4k+ ratings
📜 Social History🛠️ Labor History⚔️ Class Struggle
The Fight in the Fields
by Susan Ferriss • 1997
How a migrant farmworker built a movement so large that 40,000 people marched at his funeral.
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99
🏭 Labor History🌎 Chicano History🌾 Agricultural Labor
The Fight in the Fields Summary
The Fight in the Fields 87%
How a migrant farmworker built a movement so large that 40,000 people marched at his funeral.
by Susan Ferriss 1997
4.00
99 ratings
🏭 Labor History🌎 Chicano History🌾 Agricultural Labor
Press Reset
by Jason Schreier • 2021
Why game developers lose their jobs after shipping hit games, and who profits.
4.05
8k+
🎮 Video Game Industry🛠️ Tech Labor⏰ Crunch Culture
Press Reset Summary
Press Reset 87%
Why game developers lose their jobs after shipping hit games, and who profits.
by Jason Schreier 2021
4.05
8k+ ratings
🎮 Video Game Industry🛠️ Tech Labor⏰ Crunch Culture
The Great Exception
by Jefferson R. Cowie • 2016
The New Deal era was a historical anomaly built on crisis and compromise; it won't return.
3.90
203
🏭 Labor History🗽 20th Century America📜 New Deal Era
The Great Exception Summary
The Great Exception 87%
The New Deal era was a historical anomaly built on crisis and compromise; it won't return.
by Jefferson R. Cowie 2016
3.90
203 ratings
🏭 Labor History🗽 20th Century America📜 New Deal Era
Power and Progress
by Daron Acemoğlu • 2023
For a thousand years, technology served the powerful; the handful of exceptions hold the lesson.
3.94
2k+
🏛️ Political Economy⚙️ History Of Technology🔧 Technological Bias
Power and Progress Summary
Power and Progress 87%
For a thousand years, technology served the powerful; the handful of exceptions hold the lesson.
by Daron Acemoğlu 2023
3.94
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy⚙️ History Of Technology🔧 Technological Bias
It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism
by Bernie Sanders • 2023
The 0.1% own more than the bottom 90%. That outcome is not a bug in American capitalism.
4.10
8k+
🇺🇸 American Progressivism📉 Economic Inequality✊ Labor Unions
It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism Summary
It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism 87%
The 0.1% own more than the bottom 90%. That outcome is not a bug in American capitalism.
by Bernie Sanders 2023
4.10
8k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Progressivism📉 Economic Inequality✊ Labor Unions
Justice at Work
by Marc Doussard • 2022
How coalitions fuse racial and economic justice to win policy in cities.
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3
🏙️ Urban Policy✊ Labor Movements🤝 Coalition Building
Justice at Work Summary
Justice at Work 87%
How coalitions fuse racial and economic justice to win policy in cities.
by Marc Doussard 2022
5.00
3 ratings
🏙️ Urban Policy✊ Labor Movements🤝 Coalition Building
A Force More Powerful
by Peter Ackerman • 2000
A century of evidence: strikes and boycotts toppled more regimes than bombs ever did.
4.11
300
🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance✊ Civil Disobedience📢 Social Movements
A Force More Powerful Summary
A Force More Powerful 87%
A century of evidence: strikes and boycotts toppled more regimes than bombs ever did.
by Peter Ackerman 2000
4.11
300 ratings
🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance✊ Civil Disobedience📢 Social Movements
The Craftsman
by Richard Sennett • 2008
Making things well is a universal human drive. Modern work is designed to suppress it.
3.84
2k+
🔨 Philosophy Of Work🏺 Material Culture🔧 Skilled Labor
The Craftsman Summary
The Craftsman 87%
Making things well is a universal human drive. Modern work is designed to suppress it.
by Richard Sennett 2008
3.84
2k+ ratings
🔨 Philosophy Of Work🏺 Material Culture🔧 Skilled Labor
The New Class War
by Michael Lind • 2017
A new class war is on: the college-educated managerial minority versus the working majority.
3.74
840
⚔️ Class Conflict🏭 Labor Relations📢 Populism Studies
The New Class War Summary
The New Class War 87%
A new class war is on: the college-educated managerial minority versus the working majority.
by Michael Lind 2017
3.74
840 ratings
⚔️ Class Conflict🏭 Labor Relations📢 Populism Studies
The Culture of the New Capitalism
by Richard Sennett • 2006
Flexible capitalism swapped stable careers for disposable skills and turned politics into shopping.
3.76
599
🏭 Late Capitalism📉 Precarious Work🎓 Critique Of Meritocracy
The Culture of the New Capitalism Summary
The Culture of the New Capitalism 87%
Flexible capitalism swapped stable careers for disposable skills and turned politics into shopping.
by Richard Sennett 2006
3.76
599 ratings
🏭 Late Capitalism📉 Precarious Work🎓 Critique Of Meritocracy
Why We Make Things and Why It Matters
by Peter Korn • 2013
A woodworker spent decades making furniture, only to discover he was the real project.
3.73
2k+
🛠️ Craft Philosophy🎨 Creative Practice💼 Work And Identity
Why We Make Things and Why It Matters Summary
Why We Make Things and Why It Matters 87%
A woodworker spent decades making furniture, only to discover he was the real project.
by Peter Korn 2013
3.73
2k+ ratings
🛠️ Craft Philosophy🎨 Creative Practice💼 Work And Identity
Understanding Socialism
by Richard D. Wolff • 2019
The USSR and China were state capitalism, not socialism. The real thing starts with worker co-ops.
4.01
673
🏛️ Democratic Socialism🤝 Worker Cooperatives📊 Political Economy
Understanding Socialism Summary
Understanding Socialism 87%
The USSR and China were state capitalism, not socialism. The real thing starts with worker co-ops.
by Richard D. Wolff 2019
4.01
673 ratings
🏛️ Democratic Socialism🤝 Worker Cooperatives📊 Political Economy
Reveille for Radicals
by Saul D. Alinsky • 1946
Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.
3.84
589
🤝 Community Organizing🌱 Grassroots Democracy👥 Indigenous Leadership
Reveille for Radicals Summary
Reveille for Radicals 87%
Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.
by Saul D. Alinsky 1946
3.84
589 ratings
🤝 Community Organizing🌱 Grassroots Democracy👥 Indigenous Leadership
The Craft Beer Revolution
by Steve Hindy • 2014
How a band of homebrewers took on the beer giants and rebuilt what America drinks.
3.74
256
🍺 Beer History🥖 Artisanal Food Movements🏭 Industry Disruption
The Craft Beer Revolution Summary
The Craft Beer Revolution 87%
How a band of homebrewers took on the beer giants and rebuilt what America drinks.
by Steve Hindy 2014
3.74
256 ratings
🍺 Beer History🥖 Artisanal Food Movements🏭 Industry Disruption
Factory Man
by Beth Macy • 2014
John Bassett III bet against offshoring. The survival of his Virginia town hung on it.
3.87
3k+
🏭 American Manufacturing🌍 Globalization Impact🏘️ Small Town America
Factory Man Summary
Factory Man 87%
John Bassett III bet against offshoring. The survival of his Virginia town hung on it.
by Beth Macy 2014
3.87
3k+ ratings
🏭 American Manufacturing🌍 Globalization Impact🏘️ Small Town America
Entrepreneurial Nation
by Ro Khanna • 2012
Six times more productive: America's factory floor still beats China's, but policy hasn't caught up.
3.73
30
🏭 American Manufacturing🏛️ Industrial Policy⚙️ Innovation Policy
Entrepreneurial Nation Summary
Entrepreneurial Nation 86%
Six times more productive: America's factory floor still beats China's, but policy hasn't caught up.
by Ro Khanna 2012
3.73
30 ratings
🏭 American Manufacturing🏛️ Industrial Policy⚙️ Innovation Policy
It Didn't Happen Here
by Seymour Martin Lipset • 2000
Marx bet on America going socialist. Its political system, unions, and immigrants had other plans.
3.60
105
🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism🌍 Comparative Politics🏭 Labor Movement History
It Didn't Happen Here Summary
It Didn't Happen Here 86%
Marx bet on America going socialist. Its political system, unions, and immigrants had other plans.
by Seymour Martin Lipset 2000
3.60
105 ratings
🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism🌍 Comparative Politics🏭 Labor Movement History
American Made
by Farah Stockman • 2021
Three factory workers lost their jobs to Mexico. What they lost next surprised everyone but them.
4.31
1k+
🏭 Deindustrialization🏚️ Rust Belt👷 Working Class America
American Made Summary
American Made 86%
Three factory workers lost their jobs to Mexico. What they lost next surprised everyone but them.
by Farah Stockman 2021
4.31
1k+ ratings
🏭 Deindustrialization🏚️ Rust Belt👷 Working Class America
Dedication and Leadership
by Douglas Arnold Hyde • 1956
An ex-Communist exposes the methods that let a tiny minority capture a third of the world.
4.18
275
✊ Political Organizing🔥 Member Dedication🌱 Leadership Development
Dedication and Leadership Summary
Dedication and Leadership 86%
An ex-Communist exposes the methods that let a tiny minority capture a third of the world.
by Douglas Arnold Hyde 1956
4.18
275 ratings
✊ Political Organizing🔥 Member Dedication🌱 Leadership Development
Wobblies and Zapatistas
by Staughton Lynd • 2008
What the Zapatistas and the Wobblies got right that both Marxists and anarchists keep missing.
3.89
473
🏴 Libertarian Socialism📜 Radical History✊ Direct Action
Wobblies and Zapatistas Summary
Wobblies and Zapatistas 86%
What the Zapatistas and the Wobblies got right that both Marxists and anarchists keep missing.
by Staughton Lynd 2008
3.89
473 ratings
🏴 Libertarian Socialism📜 Radical History✊ Direct Action
Hegemony How-To
by Jonathan Smucker • 2017
Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.
4.24
442
🧭 Movement Strategy🗳️ Community Organizing🧠 Gramscian Politics
Hegemony How-To Summary
Hegemony How-To 86%
Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.
by Jonathan Smucker 2017
4.24
442 ratings
🧭 Movement Strategy🗳️ Community Organizing🧠 Gramscian Politics
The Technology Trap
by Carl Benedikt Frey • 2019
The telescope helps you see. The power loom takes your job. Which one is AI?
4.10
657
🏛️ Economic History👷 Labor Economics🏭 Industrial Revolution
The Technology Trap Summary
The Technology Trap 86%
The telescope helps you see. The power loom takes your job. Which one is AI?
by Carl Benedikt Frey 2019
4.10
657 ratings
🏛️ Economic History👷 Labor Economics🏭 Industrial Revolution
State Capture
by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez • 2019
Three organizations, backed by wealthy donors, turned state capitols into a policy assembly line.
4.02
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🗳️ State Politics🐘 Conservative Movement💰 Political Donors
State Capture Summary
State Capture 86%
Three organizations, backed by wealthy donors, turned state capitols into a policy assembly line.
by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez 2019
4.02
59 ratings
🗳️ State Politics🐘 Conservative Movement💰 Political Donors
Men and Rubber
by Harvey S. Firestone • 1926
Think deeply, save a surplus, never cut quality: a tire titan's rules for surviving any crisis.
4.25
253
🏗️ Company Building🏭 Early Industrialists💰 Financial Prudence
Men and Rubber Summary
Men and Rubber 86%
Think deeply, save a surplus, never cut quality: a tire titan's rules for surviving any crisis.
by Harvey S. Firestone 1926
4.25
253 ratings
🏗️ Company Building🏭 Early Industrialists💰 Financial Prudence
The Hamlet Fire
by Bryant Simon • 2020
A chicken plant fire killed 25. The doors were locked, but deregulation built the trap.
4.12
245
🏭 Labor History🍗 Food Politics⚠️ Workplace Safety
The Hamlet Fire Summary
The Hamlet Fire 86%
A chicken plant fire killed 25. The doors were locked, but deregulation built the trap.
by Bryant Simon 2020
4.12
245 ratings
🏭 Labor History🍗 Food Politics⚠️ Workplace Safety
Chavs
by Owen Jones • 2011
The British working class wasn't only abandoned. It was mocked so the abandonment felt deserved.
4.08
11k+
🇬🇧 British Class Politics🏷️ Class Prejudice🏭 Deindustrialization
Chavs Summary
Chavs 86%
The British working class wasn't only abandoned. It was mocked so the abandonment felt deserved.
by Owen Jones 2011
4.08
11k+ ratings
🇬🇧 British Class Politics🏷️ Class Prejudice🏭 Deindustrialization
Bullshit Jobs
by David Graeber • 2018
Up to 40 percent of workers believe their jobs are pointless. They are probably right.
4.02
35k+
🏭 Critique Of Capitalism🏛️ Economic Anthropology💼 Meaningful Work
Bullshit Jobs Summary
Bullshit Jobs 86%
Up to 40 percent of workers believe their jobs are pointless. They are probably right.
by David Graeber 2018
4.02
35k+ ratings
🏭 Critique Of Capitalism🏛️ Economic Anthropology💼 Meaningful Work
What Is Property?
by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon • 1840
Every defense of private property, from first occupation to labor, logically requires its abolition.
3.78
2k+
🏛️ Political Economy📜 Property RightsⒶ Anarchist Theory
What Is Property? Summary
What Is Property? 86%
Every defense of private property, from first occupation to labor, logically requires its abolition.
by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon 1840
3.78
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📜 Property RightsⒶ Anarchist Theory
The One Best Way
by Robert Kanigel • 1997
The stopwatch that built modern work and the privileged man who never had to obey one.
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🧪 Scientific Management🏭 Industrial Management⚒️ Labor Relations
The One Best Way Summary
The One Best Way 86%
The stopwatch that built modern work and the privileged man who never had to obey one.
by Robert Kanigel 1997
4.03
98 ratings
🧪 Scientific Management🏭 Industrial Management⚒️ Labor Relations
Craft, Inc.
by Meg Mateo Ilasco • 2007
The business playbook for makers: permits, pricing, branding, and getting into stores.
3.86
1k+
🧵 Craft Business🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship🏷️ Brand Identity Design
Craft, Inc. Summary
Craft, Inc. 86%
The business playbook for makers: permits, pricing, branding, and getting into stores.
by Meg Mateo Ilasco 2007
3.86
1k+ ratings
🧵 Craft Business🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship🏷️ Brand Identity Design
Paint Your Town Red
by Matthew Brown • 2021
38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.
3.71
173
🏘️ Localism🗳️ Economic Democracy🤝 Worker Cooperatives
Paint Your Town Red Summary
Paint Your Town Red 86%
38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.
by Matthew Brown 2021
3.71
173 ratings
🏘️ Localism🗳️ Economic Democracy🤝 Worker Cooperatives
Railroaded
by Richard White • 2011
Corrupt, overbuilt, taxpayer-funded: the transcontinentals failed their way into modern America.
3.63
912
🚂 Railroad History💰 Gilded Age🏜️ American West
Railroaded Summary
Railroaded 86%
Corrupt, overbuilt, taxpayer-funded: the transcontinentals failed their way into modern America.
by Richard White 2011
3.63
912 ratings
🚂 Railroad History💰 Gilded Age🏜️ American West
The Death of Reconstruction
by Heather Cox Richardson • 2001
The North's faith in free labor built Reconstruction, then provided the arguments to tear it down.
3.86
107
🏛️ Reconstruction Era⚒️ Labor History💰 Political Economy
The Death of Reconstruction Summary
The Death of Reconstruction 86%
The North's faith in free labor built Reconstruction, then provided the arguments to tear it down.
by Heather Cox Richardson 2001
3.86
107 ratings
🏛️ Reconstruction Era⚒️ Labor History💰 Political Economy
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